Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Fun vs Work
I have been wondering when I will be able to turn my fun/part time projects into a full time income thing. A friend of mine remarked recently that we need to figure out how to work out how part time software developers can get round to producing really innovative, disruptive and market changing products. Someone [...]
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Was extremely fatigued on Saturday after the barcamp. Spent 10 hrs standing more or less and another 3 hrs after that clearing up. Was great though! About 228 people in total. 3 rooms running 30 minute sessions in parallel. Lots of help from various sponsors and volunteers. Being only the 3rd Barcamp organised (the first [...]
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June and August
There are two events that I am heavily involved in over the next 2 months. June 21 – the first Barcamp of 2008 in Nairobi will be at the Jacaranda Hotel. Head over to the wiki and signup, especially if you want a free T-Shirt courtesy of Ushahidi. August 8 – Mission Driven Ministry Presents [...]
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0900 – 1700 A barcamp has nothing to do with Beer Erik has a comprehensive writeup of the plan for the day. Head over to the wiki and signup. It’s free so that everyone, especially students can attend, but we are still looking for sponsors to cover the costs of putting it together.
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The Heron has landed
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (codenamed Hardy Heron) was released yesterday world wide. From the reviews online, it looks to be even better than its predecessors and has gone even further in making it easier for novice users (one can just install it like an application on MS Windows using wubi). If you are in Kenya – [...]
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english – technology – terms
Safaricom charges Sh12.60 per megabit for a bandwidth of 700 megabit units while Celtel charges Sh10 per megabit for a bandwidth of 500 megabits. The higher the bandwidth, the faster the connection. From this Business Daily article What’s wrong with this statement?
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Just came across a story on the Business Daily on computer spyware as you work. Funny though that I rarely encounter that much spyware or viruses – when I use windows (at work). Best way to reduce the chances of viruses, spyware and other nasty things online is to watch where you surf. Needless to [...]
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OOXML
Some (priceless?) imagery More here (some really anti OOXML stuff).
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